Fibre
[faibә]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.
(n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.
(n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
(n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
(-) A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
校對:威尔默
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Filament, thread, staple, pile.
校對:苏西
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Strength, sinews, thews, toughness
ANT:Laxity, debility, flabbiness
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例句/造句/用法:
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- And so we find them developing fibre and support, and the beginning of _woody fibre_ in them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- But tonight every fibre in her body shrank from Lily's nearness: it was torture to listen to her breathing, and feel the sheet stir with it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They do not seem to have used grass or such-like fibre for textiles. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Only the elderly sociologist, whose mental fibre was so tough as to be insentient, seemed to be thoroughly happy. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The principle of the spinning operation, the drawing out and twisting a thread or cord from a bunch or roll of fibre, has remained the same through all time. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- At this time Mr. Edison had discovered that the fibre of a certain bamboo afforded a very desirable carbon for the electric lamp, and the variety of bamboo used was a product of Japan. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Prior to the invention of the _spinning-jenny_, the loose fibre was spun into yarns and thread by hand on the old-fashioned spinning wheel, each thread requiring the attention of one person. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- She also has a water line protection of cocoa fibre to automatically close up an opening made by a shot. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Herein then are set forth in briefest space the preliminaries of a circuit of the globe in quest of fibre. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In fabrics every class of fibre has been called into requisition. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- As the pulp passes from the flow-box the particles of fibre float in it just as an innumerable multitude of particles of cotton fibre would float in a stream of water. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- To reclaim this short fibre and secure the seed in condition for use, have been the endeavours of many inventors during the last twenty years. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Her fibres had been softened by suffering, and the sudden glimpse into his mocked and broken life disarmed her contempt for his weakness. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- To unite and interlace the fibres the wire cloth belt is given a lateral oscillating or shaking movement, which serves to interlock the fibres. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The different cards are arranged to move past each other in opposite directions, so as to catch and disentangle the fibres. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- And the concussion was so great that a column of Water, Smoke and fibres of the Sloop were cast from 80 to 100 feet in Air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- In the present instance this broom was manufactured out of the tough fibres of Moore's own stubborn purpose, bound tight with his will. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He almost despaired of success, when, suddenly, he observed the loose fibres of his string to move towards an erect position. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I am not sure that certain fibres in Mr. Garth's mind had not resumed their old vibration towards the very end which now revealed itself to Fred. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Flax, wool, silk, and cotton have been supplemented with the fibres of metal, of glass, of cocoanut, pine needles, ramie, wood-pulp, and of many other plants, leaves and grasses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- With the close of Mr. McGowan's and Mr. Ricalton's expeditions, there ended the historic world-hunt for natural fibres. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Her gentle mien, step, gestures, her grace of person and attire, moved some artist-fibres about his peasant heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Originally made from the fibres of the papyrus plant, and later from rags beaten into a pulp, paper for the printing of books and newspapers is now made almost entirely of wood. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- They thus secured their food, and accumulated s urprising quantities of the picked fibres of the cocoanut husk, on which they rest as a bed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The fibres of his frame became relaxed, and cold dew stood on his forehead, at this idea. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- O, worn and beating heart, may I dissect thy fibres, and tell how in each unmitigable misery, sadness dire, repinings, and despair, existed? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
校對:莱斯利